Patents Examined by T. Dinh
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Patent number: 11195959Abstract: A perovskite material including an organic-inorganic perovskite structure of formula (I), AnMX3 (I), n being the number of cation A and an integer >4, A being a monovalent cation selected from inorganic cations Ai and/or from organic cations Ao, M being a divalent metal cation or a combination thereof, X being a halide and/or pseudohalide anion or a combination thereof, wherein at least one cation A is selected from organic cations Ao, the inorganic cations Ai are independently selected from Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, or Tl+ and the organic cations Ao are independently selected from ammonium (NH4+), methyl ammonium (MA) (CH3NH3+), ethyl ammonium (CH3CH2NH3)+, formamidinium (FA) (CH(NH2)2+), methylformamidinium (CH3C(NH2)2+), guanidium (C((NH)2)3+), tetramethylammonium ((CH3)4N+), dimethylammonium ((CH3)2NH2+) or trimethylammonium ((CH3)3NH+).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Panasonic CorporationInventors: Michael Saliba, Taisuke Matsui, Konrad Domanski, Jiyoun Seo, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Michael Graetzel
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Patent number: 11195588Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, and a first wiring and a second wiring electrically connected to the first memory cell and the second memory cell. In a write operation, a program operation starts at a first timing and a supply of a write pass voltage starts at a second timing. When a first command is received in a first period between the first timing and the second timing, the write operation is interrupted before the supply of the write pass voltage starts.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hayato Konno, Akihiro Imamoto
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Patent number: 11195879Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor material layer separated from a second semiconductor material layer by an insulating layer. A first access transistor is arranged on the first semiconductor material layer, where the first access transistor has a pair of first source/drain regions having a first doping type. A second access transistor is arranged on the first semiconductor material layer, where the second access transistor has a pair of second source/drain regions having a second doping type opposite the first doping type. A resistive memory cell having a bottom electrode and an upper electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate, where one of the first source/drain regions and one of the second source/drain regions are electrically coupled to the bottom electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jack Liu, Charles Chew-Yuen Young
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Patent number: 11195589Abstract: According to various aspects, a memory cell arrangement is provided, the memory cell arrangement including a control circuit configured to carry out a de-trapping writing scheme to write at least one memory cell of the memory cell arrangement into a memory state, the de-trapping writing scheme including providing one or more write voltage pulses and one or more de-trapping voltage pulses at the at least one memory cell, wherein the one or more de-trapping voltage pulses have opposite polarity with respect to the one or more write voltage pulses, and wherein one or more properties of the one or more write voltage pulses and of the one or more de-trapping voltage pulses are varied as long as the memory cell is not in the memory state.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: FERROELECTRIC MEMORY GMBHInventors: Johannes Ocker, Haidi Zhou, Stefan Müller
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Patent number: 11195586Abstract: A memory device and a method of operating the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a memory cell array including memory cells that are programmed into a plurality of program states, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a read operation on the memory cell array, and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the read operation and to control the peripheral circuit to perform a masking process on first memory cells having a threshold voltage level higher than a first read level and second memory cells having a threshold voltage level lower than a second read level among the memory cells during the read operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Chi Wook An, Un Sang Lee, Hwang Huh
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Patent number: 11196375Abstract: A method and system that control a driving system to generate driving signals comprising a sequence of full bridge outputs to control an output velocity of at least one at least partially resonant actuator device. The drive system is adjusted to modify a width of one or more pulses of one of the full bridge outputs for a first range of gain or another one of the full bridge outputs for a second range of the gain to less than fifty percent of a period of the fixed drive frequency of the driving signals to achieve a new gain. The adjusted driving signal is provided to the at least one at least partially resonant actuator device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: NEW SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Thomas Guidarelli
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Patent number: 11190125Abstract: A control system includes a power inverter configured to convert direct current (DC) power into alternating current (AC) power, an electric motor configured to be driven using the AC power output by the power inverter, and a controller configured to control the AC power by performing switching between multi-pulse control and one-pulse control on the basis of electric power loss of the electric motor and the power inverter and noise of the electric motor, the controller being a control device configured to control the power inverter.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiki Kajino, Hidetoshi Matsuura, Tomoyuki Sano, Takahiro Endou, Tatsunori Obe
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Patent number: 11187946Abstract: A display device includes: a display substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface facing the upper surface, and a side surface connected to the upper surface and the lower surface; a plurality of drivers disposed on the side surface of the display substrate; and a connection wiring film attached to the side surface of the display substrate, and electrically connecting the drivers.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changsoo Lee, Byoungsun Na
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Patent number: 11190120Abstract: In a motor driving device, a current detector detects a value of the motor current, and a limit variable calculator calculates a calculation value of a limit variable for limiting the command current. A determiner determines, based on a relationship between the value of the motor current and the calculation value of the limit variable, whether the motor current is in a less-response situation to change of the command current. A current limiter determines whether to limit a value of the command current based on the calculation value of the limit variable in accordance with a result of the determination of whether the motor current is in the less-response situation to change of the command current.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Go Endoh, Masaya Taki, Hiroyasu Otake
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Patent number: 11191198Abstract: A shield package is disclosed including: a package in which an electronic component is mounted on a substrate, the electronic component being sealed with sealing material; and a shield layer including a first layer and a second layer that are sequentially laminated on the package, in which the first layer made from a conductive resin composition having 100 parts by mass of a binder component, 400 parts by mass to 1800 parts by mass of metal particles, and 0.3 part by mass to 40 parts by mass of a curing agent, the metal particles include at least spherical metal particles and flaky metal particles, and the second layer made from a conductive resin composition containing a binder component, metal particles haying an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, metal particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, and a radical polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Umeda, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Hajime Nakazono, Hidetoshi Noguchi
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Patent number: 11180790Abstract: A reagent for detecting an analyte comprises a flavoprotein enzyme, a mediator such as a phenothiazine mediator, at least one surfactant, a polymer and a buffer. The reagent may be used with an electrochemical test sensor that includes a plurality of electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AGInventors: Amy H. Chu, Karen L. Marfurt, Brenda L. Tudor, Mary Ellen Warchal-Windham, Boru Zhu
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Patent number: 11183960Abstract: A motor control system includes a multi-phase motor, a multi-phase inverter circuit, a plurality of controllable switches, a plurality of sensors, and a monitor circuit. Each controllable switch is coupled in series between a second terminal of the motor and a common winding node and is responsive to switch commands to operate in either a first switch mode or a second switch mode. The monitor circuit is responsive to sensor signals to determine when one or more of the sensed motor state variables attains a predetermined threshold magnitude and when one or more of the sensed motor state variables attains the predetermined threshold magnitude, to supply a switch command to one or more of the controllable switches that causes the one or more controllable switches to operate in the second switch mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Miroslav Graf, Petr Hanus
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Patent number: 11184975Abstract: According to one embodiment is a flexible circuit comprising a flexible base, a conductive polymer supported by the base, and an integrated circuit component having an elongated electrical contact, wherein the elongated electrical contact penetrates into the conductive polymer, thereby providing a robust electrical connection. According to methods of certain embodiments, the flexible circuit is manufactured using a molding process, where a conductive polymer is deposited into recesses in a mold, integrated circuit components are placed in contact with the conductive polymer, and a flexible polymer base is poured over the mold prior to curing. In an alternative embodiment, a multiple-layer flexible circuit is manufacturing using a plurality of molds.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYInventors: Alexandros Charalambides, Carmel Majidi
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Patent number: 11183248Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for timing parameter adjustment mechanisms are described. The memory system may receive an access command to access a block of data. Based on receiving the access command, the memory system may determine a parameter (e.g., a timing parameter) associated with accessing the block of data. The timing parameter may indicate a duration between a first time to access a first page of the block of data and a second time to access a second page of the block of data. The memory system may perform an access operation on the block of data based on determining the timing parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Marco Sforzin, Daniele Balluchi
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Patent number: 11177755Abstract: To provide a rotary electric machine apparatus which can make the rotary electric machine output torque, and can change characteristics of a rotary electric machine according to change of the DC power voltage, even if failure occurs in one DC power source. A rotary electric machine apparatus (1) is provided with a power source switching mechanism (23) that switches between the DC power of low voltage and the DC power of high voltage; a winding connection switching mechanism (24) that switches interconnection of the plural-phase windings between a first winding connection state, and a second winding connection state in which an induced voltage constant of windings becomes lower than the first winding connection state; a inverter (12) provided with the switching devices; and a controller (25) that switches the power source switching mechanism (23), switches the winding connection switching mechanism (24), and controls on/off of the switching devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Satoru Akutsu
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Patent number: 11178753Abstract: Bus bars are soldered to a wiring pattern of a printed board to which the bus bars are connected, and the bus bars are screwed to the printed board. Tips of bolts passing through holes in the bus bars and holes in the punted board may be tightened using nuts. The holes in the printed board may be electrically connected to the wiring pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Sasao, Takashi Imasato
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Rivet spacer for compromising assembling between two parts secured to each other via screw structure
Patent number: 11177191Abstract: An independent loading mechanism for use with a CPU connector includes a metallic frame cooperating with a back plate module to sandwich a printed circuit board therebetween. A plurality of screw nut units are provided around the four corners of the frame. A plurality of hollow spacers are secured to the corresponding through holes of the frame so as to allow the corresponding screw nut units moveable relative to the frame along the vertical direction within a range larger than a thickness of the frame, thus avoiding improper interference between the screw nut units and the corresponding screw posts of the back plate module during sequential screwing.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Shan-Yong Cheng, Fang-Jwu Liao, Ting-Yao Hung -
Motor controller, active short circuit thereof, and method for controlling active short via the same
Patent number: 11177751Abstract: A motor controller, an active short circuit thereof, and a method for controlling active short via the same. An enabling signal is generated and outputted in response to determining that a vehicle is to enter a safe mode and a speed of a motor exceeds a threshold. Currents of a direct-axis and a quadrature-axis of the motor are adjusted to characteristic currents according to the enabling signal. An action flag signal and a control signal that corresponds to the enabling signal are generated and outputted in response to determining that the currents of the direct-axis and the quadrature-axis are adjusted to be the characteristic currents. A driving signal corresponding to the control signal is generated and outputted according to the action flag signal. A driving circuit safely controls a corresponding switch transistor in the inverter to be turned on based on the driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Min, Wenjie Chen -
Patent number: 11177756Abstract: An electric motor drive device includes a wire-connected-state switching unit to switch a wire connected state of stator windings of an electric motor to either a delta connected state or a star connected state, an inverter to drive the electric motor, and a relay-voltage detection circuit to detect a relay voltage (VR) that is a power-supply voltage of the wire-connected-state switching unit, and to deactivate the inverter when the relay voltage (VR) is decreased below a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shun Miyamori, Shinichiro Ura, Keiichiro Shizu
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Patent number: 11178760Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board includes a base substrate, a first pad located on the base substrate, a second pad located on the base substrate alongside the first pad with respect to a first direction X with a gap therebetween and a solder resist covering the base substrate and including a cavity portion in a position overlapping the first pad and the second pad, the solder resist including a first protruding portion projecting in a second direction crossing the first direction and a second protruding portion projecting in the second direction on an opposite side to the first protruding portion, and the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion each overlap the gap, an end of the first pad on a gap side, and an end of the second pad on a gap side.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyokazu Ishizaki, Nobuhiro Yamamoto